Forged by Valor, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in Rochester, NY, is offering an 800-hour welding education program that is operated by two veterans who understand the struggles firsthand.“Under the hood, you don’t see
Forged by Valor, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in Rochester, NY, is offering an 800-hour welding education program that is operated by two veterans who understand the struggles firsthand.
“Under the hood, you don’t see anything but the glow of the arc,” says Scott Quick, co-founder of Forged by Valor. A sergeant with the 75th Ranger Regiment, one of the U.S. Army’s most elite special operations units, Quick did more “crazy stuff” than he cares to remember. Fortunately, he found welding after active duty service. “If somebody came in to annoy me or micromanage me, I’d just put my hood on, start welding and then they didn’t exist. I was by myself, but I was learning.”
Ben Corke, a corporal in the Marine Corps, served as an aviation ordinance technician working on weapons systems for F/A-18 Hornets. After discharge, he earned a philosophy degree, contemplated a PhD but realized no career path would let him earn a living. When he connected with another veteran who was going to welding school, he realized it fit well with his mechanical background, as it provided a combination of understanding a process and having a skill to make things.
“Veterans always have that aspect of knowing
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